[nabs-l] Web site and cloud question

[Bobbi Pompey]

Your welcome. 

Bobbi A. L. Pompey
(336) 988-6375
pompey2010 at yahoo.com 
http://pompey2050.wix.com/bobbi-pompey

> On Oct 9, 2013, at 2:45 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Thanks Tyler and Bobbi.  I'll go ahead and start with Scribd but keep
> dreamhost in the back of my mind too.  ;
> 
>> On 10/9/13, Bobbi Pompey <pompey2010 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> Yes it is free. I'm using Wix as well, and my documents are fine.
>> 
>> I've linked a document two different ways using scribd. For example, on the
>> my page entitled Resume, I have a photo of me at an internship. Above the
>> phot it reads "click photo to view resume". Both the text and the photo are
>> links to my resume. So viewers can click either one.
>> 
>> Bobbi A. L. Pompey
>> (336) 988-6375
>> pompey2010 at yahoo.com
>> http://pompey2050.wix.com/bobbi-pompey
>> 
>>> On Oct 9, 2013, at 12:31 PM, Kaiti Shelton <crazy4clarinet104 at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>> 
>>> To reiterate what I said in my first email, I need the actual files to
>>> be accessible from my site.  Putting a link to another blog would be
>>> redundant, and look really tacky as it would not be uniform with the
>>> rest of my web site.  This is one of those projects where visual
>>> representation is everything.
>>> 
>>> Tyler, what you mentioned would be preferable, but I was trying to go
>>> the cloud route because I'm using a free web site tool which doesn't
>>> support file storage unless you pay for the full version.  As a
>>> college student, if I can go professional and free to low-cost, I
>>> will.
>>> 
>>> Bobby, Does Scribd cost anything?  That sounds exactly like the thing
>>> I'm looking for.  I'm using Wix right now because that's the site
>>> builder everyone was told to use, but if it's giving me trouble with
>>> meeting requirements I might just switch to wordpress or something,
>>> which I think is more accessible anyway.
>>> 
>>>> On 10/9/13, Littlefield, Tyler <tyler at tysdomain.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello:
>>>> I'd recommend skipping dropbox--it's actually stated in the tos that you
>>>> don't use itt as a CDN. Instead, just host the files on your website. If
>>>> you want most websites allow you to just show a big folder of files, so
>>>> you can have a reports folder and you can just link directly to that.
>>>> 
>>>> HTH,On 10/9/2013 1:40 AM, Kaiti Shelton wrote:
>>>>> Hi NABS,
>>>>> 
>>>>> I could be totally ignorant here, but I have a question about what I
>>>>> might be able to do using DropBox as a place to store files for my web
>>>>> site.  I am required to maintain a professional web site for marketing
>>>>> purposes and am graded on it once a semester in my jurries, (AKA,
>>>>> music major exams).  One of the requirements for a larger exam meant
>>>>> to see if I have been making adequate progress that I'll have to take
>>>>> in early march is to put any analytical papers about pieces I've
>>>>> listened to or performances I've attended on my site.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Pasting the text of these papers into the text boxes will look really
>>>>> tacky, not to mention less academic.  I was thinking of putting a link
>>>>> to a dropbox folder on the site with instructing viewers to click on
>>>>> it to access the files.  E.G, Click the link below to access Kaiti's
>>>>> Performance Reports and Listening Logs:  Dropbox link to a folder
>>>>> entitled "Reports".
>>>>> 
>>>>> The last time I coppied a link to a folder the link did not work
>>>>> propperly.  I put it in an email so I could share music with two
>>>>> people, and the second person to get the email was not able to access
>>>>> the link because it died after the first person used it.  I need the
>>>>> link to stay live for many uses, as several professors will be looking
>>>>> at it in this one exam and will look at it again in the future.  Once
>>>>> it is up there, I'd rather not deal with changing the link if I don't
>>>>> have to and just add files to the folder as needed.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, I'm wondering what did I do wrong?  Should it work fine?  Is there
>>>>> anything I need to specifically do to make this happen?
>>>>> 
>>>>> Thanks for any advice.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Take care,
>>>> Ty
>>>> http://tds-solutions.net
>>>> He that will not reason is a bigot; he that cannot reason is a fool; he
>>>> that
>>>> dares not reason is a slave.
>>>> 
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